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Wayne County Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Francisco Diaz testified that Jane Bashara suffered injuries to her head, face, neck and upper chest, including a crushed windpipe. They were caused by strangulation and blunt trauma to the head area, he said.

Robert Bashara gets emotional as Francisco Diaz of the Wayne County Medical Examiner Office testifies that Jane Bashara's esophagus was crushed on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. It is during the preliminary exam before 36th District Judge Kenneth King at the frank Murphy Hall of Justice in downtown Detroit in the death of his wife, Jane Bashara. Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press

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New accusations against Bob Bashara came out in court Tuesday, including a tearful confession he allegedly gave to a former tenant who provided him cocaine, twice.

Paul Monroe, a man with a criminal history, said he met Bashara at a gas station at Woodward and 6 Mile in June 2012. Bashara patted him down to make sure he wasn’t wearing a wire, and the pair talked about what happened to Bashara’s wife, according to his testimony.

Jane Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park was found strangled in her SUV in January 2012, and her husband was charged with murder in connection with her death. His preliminary examination, which began Monday, is expected to take all week.

Clarifying, Monroe said Bashara actually said he had Joseph Gentz — his former handyman who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder — commit the crime for him.

“Did he say something about going through a divorce would be like losing money?” Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Lisa Lindsey asked.

“Yes,” Monroe replied.

Bashara has repeatedly maintained he is innocent. Defense attorney Mark Procida quickly attempted to discount Monroe’s credibility, questioning why he would give — not sell — cocaine to Bashara on two occasions. In one instance, Monroe testified, he gave Bashara 50 grams of cocaine for free.

“Sometimes people do that,” Monroe said.

Lindsey fired back saying there were calls placed between phones belonging to the men and stressed that those records don’t lie.

“Even though your credibility has been attacked because you’re a criminal and you sell dope, the phone records show you had phone contact with Bob Bashara on that day,” she said to Monroe.

Neither the defense nor prosecution went into detail about Monroe’s criminal past, but he testified that it has been more than 10 years since he was convicted of a crime.

Earlier testimony focused on injuries to Jane Bashara, who was strangled and suffered blunt trauma. Wayne County Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Francisco Diaz testified that her trachea was crushed.

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“She didn’t die right away,” he testified, adding it could have taken three or four minutes.

As Bashara listened to details of his wife’s injuries, he appeared distraught and wiped his eyes with a tissue.

Testimony also touched on Bashara’s secret alternative lifestyle.

Stan Brue, a special agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testified about phone records he analyzed. Prosecutors have said Bashara’s involvement in BDSM — bondage, discipline, sadomasochism — is part of the motive for the crime.

Brue testified that days before Jane Bashara’s death, there were text messages exchanged between Bob Bashara’s cell phone and a phone with an Oregon area code.

Outgoing messages from Bashara’s cell phone said “kneel and know you are mine” and “you can but feel my whip,” Brue said.

Incoming messages from that number to Bashara’s phone said “good morning, sir” and “home, sir,” according to the testimony.

Bashara is serving prison time for solicitation of murder after admitting he tried to have Gentz killed. Gentz told authorities he killed Jane Bashara at her husband’s direction.

Testimony before 36th District Judge Kenneth King continues Wednesday morning at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit.